Pale Sun Lyrics - Pale Sun, Crescent Moon - Cowboy Junkies

Fifty miles from Dakota territory 

Cheyenne scalp hangs from his belt 

Found him alone washing in the Bighorn 

a steady aim and he bagged his game 

Pale sun falls without contest 

Here is obedient darkness 

He will not return 

White Cadillac, white man at the wheel, 

white faces on the mountain, 

wounds that will never heal 

Black clouds overhead, old man says 

looks like rain 

Thieves' Road winds to the Black Hills sign 

says South Dakota, U.S.A. 

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Grass plains stretch to the horizon, 

not a soul can be found on them 

They will not return 

Old rusted pickup and a mad dog in the yard, 

purple paint peels but fails to reveal 

the bitterness that grows inside 

Cloud of dust in the distance, 

strange knock beneath my hood 

Is it better to have words left unsaid 

than to have words misunderstood? 

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Pale sun falls without contest 

Here is obedient darkness 

It will return 

I know it will return 

It will return